Downstream petrochemical news

Honeywell has introduced Experion Cognition at Borouge Group International AG’s Ruwais facility in Abu Dhabi, UAE for autonomous control room operations.

McDermott has been selected by Aramco as one of the 11 selected contractors for a Project Management Consultancy Long-Term Agreement to support delivery of large-scale energy, downstream, petrochemical, and low carbon projects across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Encina has announced the execution of a strategic collaboration agreement with BASF supporting the development of Encina’s planned US Gulf Coast circular chemicals manufacturing facility.

Aggreko has helped to prevent a costly extended shutdown for KEM ONE’s Fos-sur-Mer plant following a time-critical restart of its production units that had to be completed within 72 hours.

Lummus Technology has announced the commercial launch of Thermacrack™ C5 to help producers increase production efficiency and reduce capital investment for specialty chemicals.

Clariant have announced the successful operation of its FAMAX formaldehyde catalysts at two world-scale production facilities operated by Yihua Group in China, at two formaldehyde plants.

Aster has taken FID to proceed with the US$80 million project to expand ethylene export capacity at its ethylene cracker complex in Singapore.

ADNOC has announced the exchange of two strategic collaboration agreements with Indian partners, reinforcing the strong and expanding UAE-India energy partnership.

Asia is poised to dominate the global ethylene glycol capacity additions by 2030 due to surging domestic demand and sustained investment in petrochemical infrastructure, GlobalData has reported.

Worley has been selected by Dow to provide FEED services under a new EPCM contract for the cogeneration component of Dow’s Path2Zero project in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.